Paper fold



June 9, 1925. 1,541,734

5. NOWAK PAPER FOLD Filed Dec. 18. 1924 INVENTOR ST/YNLEY NOW/7K WITNESSES Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STANLEY NOWAK, OF NEW YORK, 1\'l.-Y., ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO HYMAN L. ROTH,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PAPER FOLD.

Application filed December 18, 1924. Serial No, 756,?8 1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY NOWAK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Hollis, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paper Fold, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to paper folds, and I employ this title in its broadest possible sense to include a folded sheet which may constitute a separate independent device or it may constitute a portion of a book or folder or other medium containing pictorial illustrations or printed matter, and hence I do not limit myself to a particular material nor to its exact use.

An object of the invention, however, is to provide a paper fold which when opened or folded in one direction visualizes the subject or gives an appearance of action, this being due to some extent to an appropriate illustration or combinations of appropriate illustrations which have a certain co-operation of action.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of a completely folded sheet embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of a blank or sheet showing my improved arrangement of fold lines;

Figure 3 .is a perspective view illustrating my improved blank partially folded, or in other words, showing a portion of the action on opening the fold.

Figure 4 is a view in elevation showing the complete opening position, or, in other Words, the end of the action in opening the fold.

' Referring more particularly to Figure 2, A represents a sheet or blank which is of general rectangular shape but at one end is provided with an integral extension 1, this extension being located intermediate the side edges of the blank.

The sheet or blank A is formed with a central longitudinal fold line 2, which extends throughout the blank and also throughout the extension 1. A transverse fold line 3 is also formed in the main portion of the blank A,intersects the fold line 2, and is located preferably near one end of the blank. A pair of fold lines 4: and 5 is formed in the blank and extends from the intersection of the fold lines 2 and 3 to the edge of the main portion of the blank A at its point of juncture with the edges of the extension 1.

By reason of the arrangement of fold lines and the shape of the blank when the latter is folded longitudinally on the line 2, and horizontally or transversely on the line 3, and also folded 011 the diagonal lines 4 and 5, a fold or sheet is provided in which the two main sections 6 and 7 of the blank constitute in effect an outside sheet or cover, whilethe section 8 between the fold line 3 and the edge of the blank constitutes a flap which is folded inside of the so called cover. By reason of the diagonal fold lines 4 and 5 the extension 1 constitutes a collapsible and expansible member for a purpose which will now be explained.

To better point out the function of the fold, I have shown in Figure 4: an illustration on the main portion of the blank, which may be assumed to be a tiled surface in a bathroom or the like, and on the extension 1 I have shown the representation of a hand with a sponge or cloth held thereby. With such an illustration, when the fold is opened as shown in Figure 4-, the operator visualizes the movement of a hand containing a cleanser against the surface, and when the blank is closed he visualizes the removal of the hand from the surface. In other words, the automatic opening of the fold causes the hand to appear to move toward the sur face, and the closing of the fold causes the effect of removal of the hand.

It is of course to be understoood that this particular illustration or combination of the illustration may be varied without limit, the object being to visualize the subject or give the appearance of action to an illustration or combination of illustrations by reason of the action of the parts when folded and unfolded.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider lines, the longitudinal fold line extending through the extension, and diagonal fold lines extending from the point of juncture of the longitudinal and transverse fold lines to the edge of the blank at the point of juncture of the edges of the extension with the main portion of the sheet substantially as and for the purpose stated.

STANLEY NOWAK. 

